Redwater Reef Complex, Cooking Lake (Devonian of Canada)

Also known as Reef 2085

Where: Alberta, Canada (54.0° N, 113.1° W: paleocoordinates 12.4° S, 41.2° W)

• coordinate estimated from map

• local area-level geographic resolution

When: Cooking Lake Member (Leduc Formation), Frasnian (382.7 - 372.2 Ma)

• Cooking Lake equivalent (Lower Leduc Formation)

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: reef, buildup or bioherm; lithified limestone

Size class: macrofossils

Collection methods: core, peel or thin section,

Primary reference: J. E. Klovan. 1966. Upper Devonian stromatoporoids from the Redwater Reef Complex, Alberta. Bulletin Geological Survey of Canada 133:1-33 [W. Kiessling/U. Merkel]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 84389: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Uta Merkel on 16.10.2008

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Taxonomic list

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Stromatoporoidea
 Stromatoporida - Ferestromatoporidae
Ferestromatopora dubia
Ferestromatopora dubia stromatoporoid sponge
 Stromatoporida - Stromatoporidae
Stromatopora cygnea
Stromatopora cygnea Stearn 1963 stromatoporoid sponge
 Stromatoporellida - Stromatoporellidae
Stromatoporella cf. mirabilis
Stromatoporella cf. mirabilis stromatoporoid sponge
 Stromatoporellida - Trupetostromatidae
Synthetostroma vesiculosum, Trupetostroma warreni, ? Trupetostroma sp.
Synthetostroma vesiculosum stromatoporoid sponge
Trupetostroma warreni stromatoporoid sponge
? Trupetostroma sp. Parks 1936 stromatoporoid sponge
 Syringostromatida - Stachyoditidae
Stachyodes costulata
Stachyodes costulata Lecompte 1952 stromatoporoid sponge
 Clathrodictyida - Anostylostromatidae
Anostylostroma laxum
Anostylostroma laxum stromatoporoid sponge
 Clathrodictyida - Tienodictyidae
Hammatostroma nodosum n. sp.
Hammatostroma nodosum n. sp. Klovan 1966 stromatoporoid sponge
 Actinostromatida - Actinostromatidae
Actinostroma clathratum, Actinostroma redwaterense n. sp.
Actinostroma clathratum stromatoporoid sponge
Actinostroma redwaterense n. sp. Klovan 1966 stromatoporoid sponge
 Amphiporida - Amphiporidae
Euryamphipora platyformis n. gen. n. sp., Amphipora sp.
Euryamphipora platyformis n. gen. n. sp. Klovan 1966 stromatoporoid sponge
Amphipora sp. Schulz 1883 stromatoporoid sponge